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On a given occasion. A controversial piece by Þorgeir Þorgeirson.
Þorgeir Þorgeirson is a writer, translator and filmmaker. He is best known for translating Alexis Sorbas by Nikos Kazantzakis and many of William Heinesen's books into Icelandic. He is also known for his writing, his struggle with the European Court of Human Rights, and his disputes with the Icelandic state over permission to write Þorgeirson with a single si.
Þorgeir graduated from Reykjavík High School in 1953. He then studied German, psychology and art history at the University of Vienna from 1953 to 1954, lived in Spain in 1954, studied television directing in Paris from 1955 to 1956 and film directing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague from 1959 to 1962. Þorgeir made the film Man and Factory in the spirit of the European avant-garde in 1968.
Þorgeir worked in filmmaking from 1962 to 1972, alongside working as a tour guide for the Icelandic National Tourist Office. He worked in various writing, translation and radio directing roles from 1962. He was a teacher at the SÁL School of Drama from 1973 to 1976.
Þorgeir won a case against the Icelandic state at the European Court of Human Rights in 1992 after being convicted in the Supreme Court for writing articles about the police in Morgunblaðið in 1983. In the article, Þorgeir recounted several incidents for which he believed he had sources, and it was stated that the police often used violence in their work and that people had suffered physical injuries, even crippling them. In Þorgeir's articles, he used words such as "uniformly dressed wild animals", "uniformly dressed savages" and "police scoundrels".
Þorgeir Þorgeirson is a writer, translator and filmmaker. He is best known for translating Alexis Sorbas by Nikos Kazantzakis and many of William Heinesen's books into Icelandic. He is also known for his writing, his struggle with the European Court of Human Rights, and his disputes with the Icelandic state over permission to write Þorgeirson with a single si.
Þorgeir graduated from Reykjavík High School in 1953. He then studied German, psychology and art history at the University of Vienna from 1953 to 1954, lived in Spain in 1954, studied television directing in Paris from 1955 to 1956 and film directing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague from 1959 to 1962. Þorgeir made the film Man and Factory in the spirit of the European avant-garde in 1968.
Þorgeir worked in filmmaking from 1962 to 1972, alongside working as a tour guide for the Icelandic National Tourist Office. He worked in various writing, translation and radio directing roles from 1962. He was a teacher at the SÁL School of Drama from 1973 to 1976.
Þorgeir won a case against the Icelandic state at the European Court of Human Rights in 1992 after being convicted in the Supreme Court for writing articles about the police in Morgunblaðið in 1983. In the article, Þorgeir recounted several incidents for which he believed he had sources, and it was stated that the police often used violence in their work and that people had suffered physical injuries, even crippling them. In Þorgeir's articles, he used words such as "uniformly dressed wild animals", "uniformly dressed savages" and "police scoundrels".